"A lot of people think, 'Did Nicki write you a check for $1 million?'" he says. "No. That's not how it happened."

When Nicki Minaj sampled Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” for her hit song “Anaconda,” she put a modernized and raunchier spin on the ‘90s favorite. And it also brought up one curious question: What kind of pay-out did Sir Mix-a-Lot see from the crazy success of “Anaconda”?